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'Sa‘īd' ('سعيد') is a male Arabic given name meaning "happy", used by both Christian and Muslim Arabs. The name can also be transliterated as 'Saïd' or 'Said'.

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People named ''Sa‘id''

Other uses

See also

People named ''Sa‘id''

As a 'given name':

★ Sa'id ibn Zayd, one of the Companions of Muhammed

★ Sa'id Ibn Sultan, a sultan of Muscat and Oman

★ Sa'id Hormozi, an Iranian musician

★ Sheikh Said various meanings
As a 'surname':

★ Abdelmadjid Sidi Said, leader of the Algerian trade union: UGTA

★ Edward Said (1935–2003), Palestinian-American literary critic and theorist

★ Samira Said, a Moroccan pop star.

★ Wafic Saïd (born 1939), Syrian businessman
Named 'Abu Sa‘id' (meaning "father of Sa‘id"):

★ Abu Sa'id (Ilkhanid dynasty) (1316–1335), ninth ruler of the Ilkhanate state in Iran

★ Abu Sa'id (Timurid dynasty) (1424–1469), mid-fifteenth century Timurid Empire ruler in what are today parts of Persia and Afghanistan

★ Khaled Hassan Abu Sa‘id (born 1928), Palestine Liberation Organization

★ Abusaeid Abolkheir (also known as Abu Sa‘eed), a Persian Sufi and poet
Fictional People:

★ Kareem Said, from the T.V. Series Oz.

Other uses

★ Port Said, an Egyptian town on the Suez Canal

★ Saïd Business School, the business school of the University of Oxford in England; named after Wafic Saïd

See also

★ List of Arabic names

★ Sa'd (name)